Sariputra
c. 500 BCE
c. 500 BCE
aka: Sariputta (Pali).
a chief disciple of Gautam Buddha
along with his friend, Mahamaudgalyayana, they
became the 2 closest followers of Buddha, along with
Ananda, Buddha's personal attendant.
was older than Buddha, and died before him,
enlightened--Buddha gave the eulolgy.
a chief disciple of Gautam Buddha
along with his friend, Mahamaudgalyayana, they
became the 2 closest followers of Buddha, along with
Ananda, Buddha's personal attendant.
was older than Buddha, and died before him,
enlightened--Buddha gave the eulolgy.
| One of Buddha's intimate disciples, Sariputta, became enlightened in Buddha's lifetime. But he would not say it to Buddha, he was trying hard to hide it. He was doing things which only an unenlightened person can do. Finally Buddha had to call him, and say, "Sariputta, you can't deceive me. You stop all this nonsense of doing things, saying things just to hide the fact that you have become enlightened. Why are you so afraid? Why don't you simply say what has happened?" Sariputta said, "I am truly afraid. I was postponing this enlightenment as much as possible because I knew when I became enlightened you would say, `Sariputta, now you go, reach the people, help the people. Now you don't need me, so why do you go on hanging around?' I did everything to avoid it but what was to happen, has happened, and now you have found out – please don't send me away..." --Osho Light on the Path, ch. 13 |
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